NEW YORK -- The old story goes that Joe DiMaggio was initially annoyed by the famous Simon & Garfunkel song that mentioned his name. At the time of the 1968 release of “Mrs. Robinson,” the retired star was still prominent as a pitchman for numerous products, including Mr. Coffee.

Simon later explained it -- directly to DiMaggio, in a chance restaurant encounter -- as a homage to the heroes of simpler times. The pertinent topic is no longer where DiMaggio has gone: it’s who has claimed a spot next to him.

Aaron Judge jolted a homer in each of his first two at-bats in Thursday's series finale against the Tigers at Yankee Stadium, collecting his 360th and 361st career homers to equal DiMaggio (361) for fourth place on the Yankees’ all-time franchise list .

Babe Ruth hit 659 of his 714 h

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